To kick things off on 14 October, Georg Klein will read from his new collection of stories ‘Im Bienenlicht’.

What do pop cultures have to do with the US election, democracies and the climate crisis? What do we learn about pop and media cultures by engaging with fakes, click populism or AI? How should popular cultures be categorised if they are particularly considerate and mindful or if they are hurtful in doses - is there a moral or ethic of pop?

Jörn Steigerwald (Comparative Literature, Paderborn University): ‘Canon and Culture: Introductory Reflections’

The individual lectures, which are held in English, always take place on Wednesdays from 4 to 6 pm in lecture theatre O2

A special highlight will be short films selected by students from Paderborn University.

Popkritik’, a series of events organised by the “Popular Music and Media” courses at Paderborn University, celebrates its 20th edition on Wednesday, 16 October.

‘How do I build up a network?’ ‘What criteria are currently relevant in appointment procedures?’ ‘How do these actually work or how do I succeed in an academic career path, for example to a professorship?’ 

Jana Scheerer will be presenting her new novel ‘Die Rassistin’ on 21 October.

All interested (post-)doctoral students are cordially invited

What do pop cultures have to do with the US election, democracies and the climate crisis? What do we learn about pop and media cultures by engaging with fakes, click populism or AI? How should popular cultures be categorised if they are particularly considerate and mindful or if they are hurtful in doses - is there a moral or ethic of pop?

Ingo Berensmeyer (English Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich): ‘Histories of authorship (in) modernism: self-creation, work politics, canonisation’

The event series ‘KW in Dialogue - Encouraging Transdisciplinary Conversation between the Faculty Centres’ invites different perspectives to challenge each other in academic dialogue and thus contribute to the further development of those research perspectives.

The individual lectures, which are held in English, always take place on Wednesdays from 4 to 6 pm in lecture theatre O2

Lecture by Prof Damian Dziwis from the Detmold University of Music

Dr. Anda-Lisa Harmening and Prof. Dr. Ingrid Scharlau will answer questions about doctoral supervision and the role of doctoral candidates on three dates in the winter semester 2024/25 and give you the opportunity to exchange ideas with other doctoral candidates.